Crossword for Wed, 26/Dec/2007

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Across
1: Fit to be taken in

5: Warm breakfast

8: U.K. neighbor

9: Bombshell

11: Stage of advancement

13: Inclination

15: Approaches

17: Villain's expression

18: Optical range

20: Wrongdoer's bane

22: Extreme confusion and disorder

24: Brooding type?

25: Sharpshooter

26: War planner
Down
1: Outer skin layer

2: Benedict Arnold's crime

3: Conflicting flavors

4: Outfit

5: Law

6: Ancient mariner

7: Wood shop tool

10: Reed instruments

12: Golda Meir, e.g.

14: Carol's kings, e.g.

16: Like some bumper pool tables

17: Grafting shoot

19: More severe

20: Helped with the dishes

21: Telling fibs

23: Before, before




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